Our staff at Von Bibra Mitsubishi

Shaun Lees
GENERAL MANAGER – ferry road

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
21 years

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
7 years with von Bibra

1 year - Group Trainer
3 years - General Manager (Tweed)
3 years - General Manager

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
9 years at Motorama as a Holden Sales Consultant, HSV Specialist and Sales Manager.

Where did you grow up?
Born Frankston Victoria, moved to Northern NSW at age 2. Lived in Ballina & Lennox Heads until High School. Finished school on the Gold Coast & have worked between Brisbane & the Gold Coast.

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
'Always leave everyone in a better position than when you found them' & 'Always operate at Level 10'.

 


ASHLEY AHOKAS
MITSUBISHI MANAGER - FERRY ROAD

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
6 years

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
5 years at von Bibra, Hyundai salesperson, Mitsubishi & Suzuki salesperson, Relief Manager then into my current role.

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
Previously worked as a subcontractor working as an electrician on the NBN project

What do you love most about your job?
I love working with a great supportive team around me and I learn something new each day.

Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Hobart, Tasmania

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
Mistakes are a fact of life, it is the response to error that really matters

 


Kevin Jones
SERVICE MANAGER – FERRY ROAD

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
27 years.

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
17 years in total as Service Advisor, Sales Consultant & Service Manager.

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
Surfers City Holden - Technician, HSV Workshop Controller, Service Advisor.

What do you love most about your job?
Working as a team and exceeding our customers expectations!

Where did you grow up?
Sydney.

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
'Make the most out of life, you only get one chance!'

 

Martin Simpson
GENERAL MANAGER - ROBINA

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
17 years, all with von Bibra.

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
17 years – I have worked as a Salesperson, Sales Manager, General Sales Manager & General Manager.

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
Grumps Wharf Restaurant, Manager.

What do you love most about your job?
The relationships you build with customers and staff over time as well as seeing people start at the bottom, grab an opportunity and create a successful life filled with opportunities they can create by doing what’s right not what’s easy!

I love, that I still love my job after 17 years.

Where did you grow up?
Currumbin and Ashmore always lived on the Gold Coast.

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
'If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life, with confidence you have won even before you have started.'

Life is 10% what happens and 90% how you react.
If It Is To Be It Is Up To Me!


Ryan McCabe
GENERAL SALES MANAGER - ROBINA

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
16 Years

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
Joined the von Bibra group in June 2018 as General Sales Manager at Robina.

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
Toyota 7 Years, BMW 3 years, Started off selling Holden, Trainee Sales Person, Salesperson, Sales Manager, Business Manager and General Sales Manager

What do you love most about your job?
It is exciting buying a new car and it is great seeing people everyday picking up their new cars and having a great experience.

I love, that I still love my job after 17 years.

Where did you grow up?
Bundaberg then the Sunshine Coast

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
The harder I work the luckier I get"

 


Jay Suban
SERVICE MANAGER MITSUBISHI - ROBINA

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
20 years

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
12 years, technician/workshop controller, Assistant Service Manager and now Holden, Honda & Kia Service Manager

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
Holden dealership in Melbourne where I did my apprenticeship there moved to Gold Coast.

What do you love most about your job?
Every day is different.

Where did you grow up?
Melbourne.

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
TLC ‘Think Like A Customer’

 

Danny Pickering
GENERAL SALES MANAGER - HELENSVALE

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
Since 2013.

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
3 Years Sales Consultant then moved into Sales Manager role with Hyundai and Suzuki, then the Used Car Sales Manager. I have recently taken up the position of General Sales Manager at Helensvale.

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
Advertising Companies in the UK then spent a short period of time working in Canada.

What do you love most about your job?
Everyday is different to the next with new challenges.

Where did you grow up?
Blackpool, England.

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
A bad attitude is like a flat tyre, you can't go anywhere until you change it.

 


JEFF HALE
MITSUBISHI SALES MANAGER - HELENSVALE

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
Commenced in the Auto industry in 2007 with von Bibra Nissan at Ashmore as a sales consultant.

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
I have worked for von Bibra for over 15 years, in Sales at Ashmore before moving to Ferry Rd then onto my current role at Helensvale as the Mitsubishi Sales Manager.

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
Southport Golf Club for 14yrs as golf shop manager and 5yrs as General Manager. Sold construction machinery for 4yrs prior to getting into the motor vehicle industry.

What do you love most about your job?
Always had a passion for cars but its the interaction with people. I love meeting new people and hearing their stories. I love, that I still love my job after 17 years.

Where did you grow up?
Born in Brisbane and moved to the Gold Coast at the age of 3. Lived at the northern end of the Coast at Anglers Paradise (not many people would remember as it has now merged with Runway Bay) Went to Biggera Waters Primary and Southport State High

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
Treat people the way you want to be treated, talk to people the way you want to be talked to. Respect is earned.


LUKE WINSLADE
SERVICE MANAGER - HELENSVALE

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
17 years

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
11 years , parts interpreter, service advisor service manager.

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
Avon City Ford in Christchurch NZ as a parts interpreter.

What do you love most about your job?
Making customers happy.

I love, that I still love my job after 17 years.

Where did you grow up?
Christchurch NZ.

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
Don't stop at the first rung on the ladder, there is many more above you.

 


JAMIE MORRISH
ROBINA MITSUBISHI SALES MANAGER

How many years’ experience in the Auto Industry?
3 years in the Auto Industry.

How many years have you worked for von Bibra & what position/s have you held?
I started 2021 as a sales trainee for Kia, then move in 2022 To GWM, then in 2023 promoted to the Relief sales Manager,  now in 2024 Mitsubishi Sales Manager. 

Who did you previously work for and what was your role there?
I worked as a Sales Consultant for Ray White.

What do you love most about your job?
Meeting new people every day and learning new things. 

Where did you grow up?
I grew up in England and moved to Sydney when I was 17. 

Favourite quote or best piece of advice given to you?
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard".

 

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